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Andrew William Wilson, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae Assistant Curator of Denver Botanic Gardens – Research and Conservation 909 York Street, Denver, Colorado 80206 Office: 720-865-3662 Cell: 508-754-8531 - [email protected] October 2019

I. EDUCATION 2009 Ph.D. Biology – Clark University, Advisor: David Hibbett 2003 M.A. Biology: Ecology and Systematic Biology – San Francisco State University, Advisor: Dennis Desjardin 1999 B.A. Humanities – San Francisco State University 1999 B.S. Biology: Ecology – San Francisco State University

II. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Current Assistant Curator of Mycology – Denver Botanic Gardens. January 2017 – Current Affiliate Faculty – University of Colorado, Denver. January 2017 – Current Past Adjunct Assistant Conservation Scientist – Chicago Botanic Garden. January 2014 – December 2016 Research Associate – Field Museum of Natural History. Spring 2010-2019. Lecturer – School of the Art Institute Chicago. Fall 2012 – Fall 2016. Lecturer – Wilbur Wright City College, Chicago. Fall 2012 - Fall 2016. Postdoctoral Research Assistant – Purdue University. January – December 2013 Postdoctoral Research Associate – Chicago Botanic Garden. May 2009-December 2012 Adjunct Lecturer – Northwestern University. Fall 2012 Adjunct Lecturer – Loyola University Chicago. Spring 2010.

III. PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed (Mentored undergraduate* and graduate† publications) 2019 • Fernández-López J., Telleria M.T., Dueñas M., Wilson A. W., Padamsee M., Buchanan P.K., Mueller G.M., Martin M.P. 2019. Addressing the diversity of raduloides complex through integrative . IMA 10(1): 2. 2018 • Cho H. J., Park M. S., Lee H., Oh S-Y, Wilson A. W., Mueller G. M., & Woon Lim Y. W. 2018. Taxonomic re-evaluation of (, ) in Korea based on morphological and molecular evidence. Mycologia. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2018.1507542 • Aime M. C., Bell C. D., Wilson A. W. 2018. Deconstructing the coevolutionary complexity between fungi (Pucciniales) and their plant hosts. Studies in Mycology 89: 143-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2018.02.002 • Ning C. †, Mueller G. M., Egerton-Warburton L., Wilson A. W., Yan W., Xiang W. 2018. Diversity and functioning of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities following nitrogen fertilization in an urban-adjacent pine plantation. Forests 9(99). https://doi.org/10.3390/f9030099 2017 • Jabeen S., Kiran M., Ullah S., Wilson A. W., Mueller G. M., Fiaz M., and Khalid A. N. 2017. glarea, a new in section Vaginatae from Pakistan. Phytotaxa, 306(2), 135- 145. Curriculum Vitae – Andrew Wilson 2

• Koch, R. A. †, Wilson A. W., Séné O., Henkel T. O., and Aime M. C. 2017. Biogeography of necrorhizus (, Agaricales, Basidiomycota)—the first known gasteroid fungus to have evolved from a pathogenic ancestor. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17(1): 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0877-3 • Wilson A. W., Hosaka K., and Mueller G. M. 2017. Evolution of ectomycorrhizae as a driver of diversification and biogeographic patterns in the model mycorrhizal Laccaria. New Phytologist 213(4):1862-1873. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.14270/abstract 2016 • Desai N.†, Wilson A. W., Powers J., Mueller G. M., and Egerton-Warburton L. 2016. Ectomycorrhizal diversity and community structure in stands of Quercus oleoides in the seasonally dry tropical forests of Costa Rica. Ecological Research Letters 11(12) 125007. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/125007/pdf • Leacock P. R., Riddell J., Wilson A. W., Zhang R. †, Ning C. †, and Mueller G. M. 2016. chicagoensis sp. nov. is confirmed by molecular and morphological analysis as a new yellow chanterelle in the American Midwest. Mycologia 108(4): 765-772. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3852/15-230?journalCode=umyc20 2015 • Dutta A. K., Wilson A. W., Antonín V., and Acharya K. 2015. Taxonomic and phylogenetic study on gymnopoid fungi from Eastern India. I. Mycological Progress 14(10):1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11557-015-1094-3 • Wilson A. W., Wickett N., Grabowski P., Fant J., Borevitz J., and Mueller G. M. 2015. Examining the efficacy of a genotyping-by-sequencing technique for population genetic analysis of the mushroom Laccaria bicolor and evaluating whether a reference genome is necessary to assess homology. Mycologia 107(1): 217-226. http://www.mycologia.org/content/early/2014/10/30/13- 278.abstract 2014 • Wilson A. W., and Aime M. C. 2014. The rose rust fungus, Phragmidium tuberculatum, is widespread in North and Central America: first reports from , Oregon, , and Honduras. Plant Disease 98(11):1581. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-14-0248- PDN • Phosri C., Watling R., Suwannasai N., Wilson A. W., and Martín M. P. 2014. A new representative of star-shaped fungi: sirindhornii sp. nov. from Thailand. PloS ONE 9(6):e71160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071160 • Henkel T. W., Wilson A. W., Aime M. C., Dierks J., Uehling J. K., Roy M., Schimann H., Wartchow F., and Mueller G. M. 2014. of Guyana II. New species of , new distribution records for Cantharellus guyanensis Mont. and Craterellus excelsus TW Henkel & Aime, and a key to the Neotropical taxa. Mycologia 106:307-332. • Wilson A. W., Beckerman J. L., Aime M. C. 2014. First report of the white pine blister rust fungus, Cronartium ribicola, forming telia on Ribes odoratum in Indiana. Plant Disease 98(2):277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-13-0442-PDN 2013 • Tykhonenko Y., Aime M. C., Wilson A. W., and Korytnianska V. 2013. New records of Puccinia helianthi Schw. on Cyclachaena xanthiifolia (Nutt.) Fresen. from Ukraine. Ukrainian Journal of Botany 70(5): 678-680. • Wilson A. W., Hosaka K., Perry B. A., and Mueller G. M. 2013 Laccaria (, Basidiomycota) from (Xizang Autonomous Region, China). Mycoscience 54(6):406-419. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.myc.2013.01.006 • Trierveiler-Pereira L., Wilson A. W., da Silveira R. M. B., Domingues L S. 2013. Costa Rican gasteromycetes (Basidiomycota , Fungi): Calostomataceae, , and Protophallaceae. Nova Hedwigia 96(3-4):533-544. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2013/0090 2012 Curriculum Vitae – Andrew Wilson 3

• Wilson A. W., Aime M. C., Dierks J., Mueller G. M. and Henkel T. 2012. Craterellus and Cantharellus in Guyana I. New species, distribution records, and a synopsis of known taxa. Mycologia. 104(6):1466-1477. http://dx.doi.org/10.3852/11-412 • Wilson A. W., Binder M. and Hibbett D. S. 2012. Diversity and evolution of ectomycorrhizal associations in the (, Basidiomycota). New Phytologist 194(4): 1079-1095. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04109.x 2004-2011 • Wilson A. W., Binder M. and Hibbett D. S. 2011. Effects of gasteroid fruiting body morphology on diversification rates in three independent of fungi estimated using binary state speciation and extinction analysis. Evolution 65(5): 1305-1322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558- 5646.2010.01214.x • Desjardin D. E., Wilson A. W., and Binder M. 2008. , a new gasteroid genus in the . Mycologia 100: 956-961. http://dx.doi.org/10.3852/08-062 • Wilson A. W., Hobbie E. A. and Hibbett D. S. 2007. The ectomycorrhizal status of cinnabarinum determined using isotopic, molecular and morphological methods. Canadian Journal of Botany 85: 385-393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/B07-026 • Matheny P. B., Wang Z., Binder M., Curtis J. M., Lim Y-W., Nilsson R. H, Hughes K. W., Petersen R. H., Hofstetter V., Ammirati J. F., Schoch C. L., Langer E., McLaughlin D. J., Wilson A. W., Crane P. E., Frøslev T., Ge Z.-W., Kerrigan R. W., Slot J. C., Vellinga E. C., Yang Z.-L., Aime M. C., Baroni T. J., Fischer M., Hosaka K., Matsuura K., Seidl M. T., Vauras J. & Hibbett D. S. 2007. Contributions of rpb2 and tef1 to the phylogeny of and allies (Basidiomycota, Fungi). Molecular and Evolution 43: 430-451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.024 • Louzan R.*, Wilson A. W., Binder M. and Hibbett D. S. 2007. Phylogenetic placement of wrightii in the Sclerodermatineae (Boletales) based on nuclear ribosomal large subunit DNA sequences. Mycoscience 48: 66-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10267-006-0325-5 • James T., … Wilson A. W., … (with 68 co-authors). 2006. Reconstructing the early evolution of the Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny. Nature 443: 818-822. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature05110 • Wilson A. W. and Desjardin D. E. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships in the gymnopoid and marasmioid fungi (Basidiomycota, euagarics ). Mycologia 97:667-679. http://dx.doi.org/10.3852/mycologia • Wilson A. W., Desjardin D. E., Horak E. 2004. Agaricales of . 5. The genus from Java and Bali. Sydowia 56:137-210 In Review • Sadiq Ullah, Andrew Wilson, Rodham Tulloss, Muhammad Fiaz, Gregory M. Mueller, Abdul Nasir Khalid. Amanita cinis and A. olivovaginata (Basidiomycota, ), two new species, and the first record of A. emodotrygon, from Northwestern Pakistan. Mycokeys (Submitted 29 October 2018). Book Chapters • Wilson A. W., May T. W., Mueller G. M. Biogeography of ectomycorrhizal mushroom genus Laccaria. In Ecological Studies: Biogeography of Mycorrhizal . Editor Leho Tedersoo. Springer Life Sciences. 2017. • Santiago S.-R., Wilson A. W., Ryberg M. Methods in biogeography of . In Ecological Studies: Biogeography of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis. Editor Leho Tedersoo. Springer Life Sciences. 2017. Other Publications • Evenson V. S., Wilson A. W., Bates S. T. “Of Mountains, Medicine and Mushrooms: The Life and Legacy of Sam Mitchel” FUNGI Magazine (Winter Issue, 2018). Curriculum Vitae – Andrew Wilson 4

• Wilson A. W. 2012. “Hotlips” on the . Feature article written for News (Newsletter for the Mycological Society of San Francisco) and Mycophile (Newsletter of the North American Mycological Association). • Bidartondo M, ..., Wilson A. W., … (and 255 co-authors). 2008. Preserving accuracy in GenBank. Science 319: 1616 (Letter to Science).

IV. GRANTS Active Grants 2018: Jefferson County Open Space (Co-PI with Rebecca Huft, Ph.D.) – Assessment of soil fungi associated with restoration of Deer Creek riparian communities. $5,000. Completed Grants 2005: National Science Foundation: DEB – Systematics and Population Biology (David Hibbett PI for administrative purposes, AWW, Co-PI). Title: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Phylogeny, taxonomy, and ecology of Calostoma (Boletales, Basidiomycetes). Funding period June 1, 2005-February 28, 2008. DEB- 0508716. $12,000.

V. FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS Fellowships 2005: Graduate Student Fellowship – $2000. Mycological Society of America. 2001-2002: NSF G K-12 Science Teaching Fellow – Department of Biology, San Francisco State University. Crowdfunding 2018: Colorado Mycoflora Project. Crowdfunding through experiment.com. Successfully funded with $5571. Awards 2018: Colorado Mycological Society donation of $2500 for the Colorado Mycoflora Project. 2012: Fungal Environmental Sampling and Informatics Network (FESIN): North American Mycoflora Workshop Travel Award – Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2011: FESIN: Fungal Teaching Workshop Travel Award – Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2010: FESIN: Metagenomics Workshop Travel Award – 9th International Mycological Congress. 2008: Graduate Student Council Travel Award – Clark University. 2007: DeepHyphae Travel Award – Asian Mycological Congress. 2006: Best Poster Presentation: Phylogeny, Systematics and Evolution – 8th International Mycological Congress. 2006: Best Poster Presentation: Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2005: Forest Fungal Ecology Research Award – $1500. Mycological Society of America. 2005: DeepHyphae Travel Award – MSA meeting.

VI. TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP Courses Undergraduate Botany: Plant Biology – School of the Art Institute. Chicago, IL. – A non-majors course providing students with an appreciation for the diversity and complexity of the botanical world (Fall 2015-December 2016) Mushrooms, Molds and Medicine – School of the Art Institute. Chicago, IL. – A non- majors course using Fungi to demonstrate fundamental concepts on the Scientific Method and Biology, and the importance of mycology and Fungi. (2012- December 2016) Curriculum Vitae – Andrew Wilson 5

General Biology – Wilbur Wright City College. Chicago, IL. – An introductory course in Biology concentrating on cell, molecular biology and genetics, for majors in Biology and the life sciences. (2012- December 2016) Ecology – Loyola University. Chicago, IL – Teaching fundamental concepts and theories in Ecology for Biology majors. (2010) Graduate Field and Laboratory Methods in Conservation Biology – Northwestern University. Evanston, IL. (team-taught course) – My part of the course covered mycology and molecular laboratory methods and another section on analyzing molecular sequence data with phylogenetic analysis. (2012) Certificate & General Interest Courses Mushroom Identification – Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO – Two day course on mushroom identification. (August, 2017 and 2018) Mushroom Identification – Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL – Introduction to mushroom diversity and process of identification. (September 2012 and 2016) Botany 1 – Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL – Introductory Botany, plant systematics and taxonomy. (2014) Teaching Assistant (U = undergraduate course, G= graduate course) Graduate Teaching Assistant at Clark University: Seminar in Molecular EvolutionG (Spring 2009), First Year Biology Research SeminarU (Fall 2007 and 2008), Conservation Biology SeminarU,G (Spring 2007), Botanical DiversityU (Spring 2007), BiodiversityU (Fall 2006), Introductory Biology 1st SemesterU (Fall 2002, 2005) and 2nd SemesterU (Spring 2005, 2006, 2009) Graduate Teaching Assistant at San Francisco State University: Fungi of the Sierra NevadaU,G (June 2001), World of Plants Lab Teaching AssistantU (Spring 2001) and Lab Preparation Assistant (Summer 2001), Introductory Biology Laboratory IU (Fall 2000). Dissertation/Thesis Committee Chen Ning Ph.D. Current – Northwestern University. “Structure, diversity and functional traits of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in pine forest of south-central China.” Chen Ning M.S. 2014 – Northwestern University. “Functional response of ectomycorrhizal fungal community to nitrogen deposition on slash pine (Pinus elliottii) plantation in south- central China.” Nikhilesh Desai M.S. 2013 – Northwestern University. “Ectomycorrhizal communities associated with Quercus oleoides in tropical dry forests of Costa Rica.” Mentorship (*=work published, V= visiting researcher) Graduate Students: Sadiq UllahV (Ph.D. Student, Fall 2015 – Spring 2016) – Taxonomic and Systematic survey of Agaricomycetes of Pakistan. Javier FernandezV (Visiting Ph.D. Student, Spring-Summer 2015) – Systematic diversity of Schizopora and the . Chen Ning* (Ph.D., Fall 2014-2018; Northwestern University) – Functional response of ectomycorrhizal fungal community to nitrogen deposition on slash pine (Pinus elliottii) plantation in south-central China. Rachel Koch* (Ph.D., Fall 2013- Spring 2017; Purdue University) – Phylogenetic analysis and divergence dating of Guyanogaster. Rui Zang (PH.D. candidate, Fall 2010-2017; Northwestern University) – Taxonomy and systematics of the genus in China. Nikhilesh Desai* (Master of Science, 2011-2013: Northwestern University) – Ectomycorrhizal communities associated with Quercus oleoides in tropical dry forests of Costa Rica. Laura Briscoe (Master of Science, Spring 2012; Northwestern University) – Systematics and evolution of liverwort taxonomy. Lauren Ulmek (Ph.D. candidate, Spring 2012; Northwestern University) – Investigating the role of soil microbial communities in restoring plant communities in tallgrass prairie habitats. Curriculum Vitae – Andrew Wilson 6

Undergraduate Students: Sean Wright (Fall 2017-Current; Colorado State University), Justin Loucks (Spring 2018-Current; Metro State University), Chelsea Charley-Suarez (Spring 2018-Current; University of Colorado - Denver), Austin Erney (Fall 2011), Lauren Bailey (Summer 2010-Spring 2011), Dayani Pieri (Summer-Fall 2010), Anna Beiniek (Summer- Fall 2010), Lindsey Stuhr (Summer-Fall 2010), Darcy Young (Summer 2009), Rebecca Louzan* (Summer 2006, Spring 2007), Danielle Stehlik (Fall 2003-Spring 2004). High School Students: Andrew Luo and Michael Lee (Summer 2016), Justyn Carrasco (Summer 2015).

VII. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Professional Society Memberships Mycological Society of America Botanical Society of America Society for the Study of Evolution Committees/Volunteering Mycological Society of America 2018-current: MSA Research Awards Committee 2011-2017: Membership Committee - Chair 2010-2013: Amateur Society Liaison Committee - Chair 2013 2009-2011: MSA Annual Meeting judge for student presentations North American Mycological Association 2017-2019: Voucher Collections Coordinator. 2020-current: Voucher Collections Chair. Editorial service Associate Editor for Mycologia 2018-current Reviewer for , Evolution, Fungal Diversity, Journal of Biogeography, Mycologia, Mycological Progress, Phytotaxa, Mycorrhiza, Mycoscience, Mycotaxon, Mycosphere, New Phytologist, PLoS one, and .

VIII. PRESENTATIONS Invited Presentations University of Colorado, Boulder – Brown Bag Seminar: “Assembling a Colorado Mycoflora” 2 May 2018. University of Colorado, Denver – Integrative Biology Seminar Series: “Finding Fungi with Phylogenetics: Exploring the diversity and evolutionary ecology of mushroom forming fungi” Denver, Colorado. 15 September 2017. Latin American Mycological Congress - Exploring the South American origins of Laccaria: challenges in species delimitation and in reconstructing its biogeographic history. Lima, Peru, August 2017. Northwestern University - Plant Biology and Conservation Seminar: “Perfect Strangers: Exploring How the Association With Plants Affects the Diversity and Distribution of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi.” Evanston, Illinois. November 2011. Field Museum of Natural History - A. Watson Armour Research Seminar: “Phylogenetic Studies in the Sclerodermatineae (Boletales, Basidiomycota): Diversification, Biogeography and Ancestral Host Reconstruction of an Enigmatic Group of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi.” Chicago, Illinois. April 2011. Contributed Papers Wilson A. W., Sheedy E., May T., Mueller G. M. “Population genetics of Laccaria sp. A: the promise and challenge of next gen SNP generation in fungi.” – Mycological Society of America. July 2015, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA. Wilson A. W., Wicket N., Grabowski P., Fant J., Borevits J., Mueller G. M. “Using genotyping-by- sequencing techniques for population genetic studies in mushroom forming fungi.” – Mycological Society of America. July 2012, New Haven, CT. Wilson A. W., Binder M. and Hibbett D. S. “Evolution and biogeography of ectomycorrhizal associations in an enigmatic group of fungi, the Sclerodermatineae (Boletales, Basidiomycota)” – Botanical Society of America. July 2011, St. Louis, MO. Curriculum Vitae – Andrew Wilson 7

Wilson A. W., Binder M. and Hibbett D. S. “Diversity and evolution of ectomycorrhizal host associations in the Sclerodermatineae” – Mycological Society of America. August 2009, Snowbird, UT. Wilson A. W., Binder M. and Hibbett D. S. “Effects of fruiting body morphology on diversification rates in three independent clades of fungi estimated using binary state speciation and extinction analysis.” – Mycological Society of America. August 2008, State College, PA. Wilson A. W., Binder M. and Hibbett D. S. “Is gasteromycetization in the an evolutionary dead end? A sample study from the Sclerodermatineae.” – Asian Mycological Congress. December 2007, Pahang, . Wilson A. W., Hobbie E. K. and Hibbett D. S. “Saprotrophic or symbiotic? Establishing the ecological role of .” – Mycological Society of America, July 2004, Ashville, NC. Contributed Posters (Mentored graduate† and undergraduate* presentations) Wilson A. W., Wright S., Evenson V. E. “Assembling a Colorado Mycoflora” – International Mycological Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico. July 2018. Charley-Suarez C., Evenson V. E., Wilson A. W. “Systematid Diversity of Laccaria nobilis” – International Mycological Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico. July 2018 Loucks J., Evenson V. E., Wilson A. W. “Tales of the Pale Panther: Systematics of the Rocky Mountain var. multisquammosa” – International Mycological Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico. July 2018. Wilson A. W., Hosaka K., Mueller, G. M. “Phylogeny and Diversification of Laccaria.” –International Congress on Mycorrhiza. August 2015, Flagstaff, Arizona. Wilson A. W., Bell C. D., Aime M. C. “Deconstructing the co-evolutionary complexity of rust fungi (Pucciniales) and their plant hosts.” – Mycological Society of America. June 2014 East Lansing MI. Koch R. †, Wilson A. W., Aime M. C. “The recent speciation of gasteromycete Guyanagaster necrorhiza suggests endemism.” – Mycological Society of America. June 2014, East Lansing MI. Desai N. †, Wilson A. W., Mueller G. M., and Egerton-Warburton L. "Ectomycorrhizal communities of Quercus oleoides in a Costa Rican dry tropical forest" – Mycological Society of America. August 2012, New Haven CT. Wilson A. W., Hosaka K. and Mueller G. M. “Laccaria from the eastern Himalaya” – Mycological Society of America. August 2011, Fairbanks AK. Pieri D. S.*, Bailey L. A.*, Wilson A. W., Larkin D. J., and Egerton-Warburton L. S. “The effects of invasive European buckthorn and restoration on microbial, metabolic processes and fungal communities in an woodland” – Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 2011, Austin, TX. (Contributed Poster) Wilson A. W., Aime M. C., Henkel T. W. and Mueller G. M. “Systematics and Biogeography of Dicymbe- associated Cantharellaceae from the Guiana Shield” – 9th International Mycological Congress. August 2010, Edinburgh, Scotland. Wilson A. W., Aime M. C., Henkel T. W. and Mueller G. M. “Systematics and Biogeography of Dicymbe- associated Cantharellaceae from the Guiana Shield” – Mycological Society of America. July 2010, Lexington, KY. Young D. A.*, Wilson A. W., Mueller G. M., “Root-associated fungal communities of a threatened Illinois , Larix laricina” – Chicago Botanic Garden REU presentation, August 2009, Glencoe, IL. Clark University Fall Fest, 2009, Worcester, MA. Wilson A. W. and Hibbett D. S. “Molecular Ecology and Evolution of Calostoma (Sclerodermatineae, Boletales)” – 8th International Mycological Congress. August 2006, Cairns, . Wilson A. W. and Hibbett D. S. “Molecular Ecology and Evolution of Calostoma (Sclerodermatineae, Boletales)” – Mycological Society of America. July 2006, Quebec City, Canada. Wilson, A. W. and Hibbett D. S. “Toward a phylogeny of the Sclerodermatineae with an emphasis of the phylogenetic position of Calostoma” – Mycological Society of America. July 2005, Hilo, HI. Wilson A. W. Hobbie E. A. and Hibbett D. S. “Modern Detectives: Exploring the ecology of the local fungus 'Hotlips', AKA Calostoma cinnabarinum.” – Northeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference. March 2004, Storrs, CT. Wilson A. W. and Desjardin D. E. “Phylogenetic analysis of gymnopoid and marasmioid fungi” – Mycological Society of America. August 2003, Pacific Grove, CA. Wilson A. W. and Desjardin D. E. “A monograph of the Genus Gymnopus from Java and Bali including identification with nrDNA ITS sequences.” – 7th International Mycological Congress. August 2002, Oslo, Norway. Curriculum Vitae – Andrew Wilson 8

Wilson A. W. and Desjardin D. E. “A monograph of the Genus Gymnopus from Java and Bali including identification with nrDNA ITS sequences.” – Mycological Society of America. July 2002, Corvallis, OR. Invited Presentations (Clubs and Amateur Organizations) “Assembling a Colorado Mycoflora” – Pikes Peak Mycological Society. 21 May 2018, Colorado Springs, Colorado. “The Mysterious and Magical Movement of Mushrooms on Mountains” – Colorado Mycological Society. 11 April 2017, Denver, Colorado. “Illinois Mushrooms” – Illinois Mycological Association. September 2016, Glencoe, Illinois. “Documenting fungal biodiversity in the Midwest and beyond.” – Illinois Native Plant Society. March 2016. “The enigmatic genus, Calostoma.” – Illinois Mycological Association. May 2010, Chicago, Illinois. “Taxonomy and Systematics of the genus Gymnopus.” – The Mycological Society of San Francisco, The Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz, and the Sonoma Mycological Association. May 2005.

IX. SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES Workshops Contributed 2003-2004: Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life – Workshop in fungal biology for high school teachers. Website Management 2018-Current: Colorado Mycoflora Project. coloradomycoflora.org 2003-2004: Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life –Teaching the Fungal Tree of Life (TFTOL) webpage. (http://www.clarku.edu/faculty/dhibbett/TFTOL/index.html). 2000-2002: Harry D. Thiers Herbarium Website. San Francisco State University. Office (Amateur Societies) 2010-2012: President of the Illinois Mycological Association. 2018: Colorado Mycological Society (CMS) Program Committee. 2019: CMS President-elect. 2020: CMS President. Conservation Biology Research Experience Sea Turtle conservation – Asociacion Pretoma, Playa San Miguel, Costa Rica, 1998. Migratory Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) – SFSU Sierra Nevada Field Campus, Sierra City, California, Summer 1996 and 1997 and Redwood Sciences Laboratory, Tortuguero, Costa Rica, August– September 1998. Mentoring Sunaina Mehrota – Post-Bac Fashion Student, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Spring 2015. We worked together on developing a method for dying/staining fabrics using live fungal cultures.

X. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Workshops/Courses Attended 2013: Preparing Future Faculty. Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN. 2012: Laboratory Methods in Genotyping By Sequencing Workshop. Field Museum, Chicago, IL. 2011: FESIN: Fungal Teaching Workshop. Fairbanks, AK. 2010: FESIN: Metagenomic Analyses Workshop. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2010: Perl Scriptwriting Workshop with the Legume Systematics Working Group. University of Arizona.